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Laredo, Texas is a busy land port of entry for trade on the US-Mexico border and a common connection for the illegal movement of people
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A South Texas medical examiner believes heatstroke may have led to the death of six people thought to be immigrants who were found on Sunday afternoon inside a argo train carriage at a Union Pacific rail depot near the Mexico border in Laredo, Texas.
The people were found on Sunday as workers were inspecting one of the cars, said Jose Baeza, a spokesman for the Laredo Police Department.
Police and fire crews arrived at the scene soon after. They confirmed that there were six people dead, including five men and one woman, Baeza told reporters.
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Dr Corinne Stern, the Webb County Medical Examiner, is conducting autopsies and completed one for a 29-year-old Mexican woman who died of hyperthermia, or heatstroke.
“I’ve ruled that an accidental death,” she said. “I believe that the remaining individuals probably all succumbed to heatstroke as well but their exams are not completed at this time, so I will not rule on their cause and manner yet.”
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Stern found identification cards and mobile phones that indicate the deceased may be from Mexico and Honduras, but fingerprints were taken and shared with US Border Patrol to help confirm their identities and nationalities through the Missing Alien Program.
The medical examiner’s office also contacted the Mexican consulate after identifying the woman.
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